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Dull photos / Dim User
EV compensation is adjusted very easily on the K20D. Press the button on the back that is above and left of the AF button. It has a + and - symbol on it. At the same time, turn the front e-dial and check your setting in the lcd monitor on the top plate.
Posted by Mannesty on 19/12/2008 - 11:40
Dull photos / Dim User
EV compensation is adjusted very easily on the K20D. Press the button on the back that is above and left of the AF button. It has a + and - symbol on it. At the same time, turn the front e-dial and check your setting in the lcd monitor on the top plate. Wonderful! Revelation!! I guess I should rea...
Posted by salixarbour on 19/12/2008 - 11:58
Dull photos / Dim User
Just to correct Peter's histogram explanation... It doesn't matter how high the histogram graph is - that just shows there's lots of pixels at that particular intensity. What matters is where the "hump" (or "humps") sit. The areas to watch are the extreme left and extreme right ;) Ideally you...
Posted by MattMatic on 19/12/2008 - 12:10
Dull photos / Dim User
The answer is to dial in exposure compensation when including bright lights or sky. Maybe 0.5 to 1 srop for starters, more if needed. EV compensation is adjusted very easily on the K20D. Press the button on the back that is above and left of the AF button. It has a + and - symbol on it. At the sam...
Posted by salixarbour on 19/12/2008 - 14:00
Dull photos / Dim User
Although, not available when mode dial is turned to Green: Page 100 of the manual. Green mode is for people who should have bought a compact camera :lol: Also learned how to get the focus point back from the peripheral points...darn, how did that happen?! :-) If you set the focus point to centre...
Posted by Mannesty on 19/12/2008 - 14:53
Dull photos / Dim User
If you set the focus point to centre spot only (using the big dial to the right of the screen), like most of us here, you won't have that problem again. Thanks, Peter. The same thing happened last night to me. It took me ages to get it back to the centre, and I wasn't sure how I'd done it! However,...
Posted by salixarbour on 19/12/2008 - 15:54
Dull photos / Dim User
I have found that I am a bit lazy when using the K10D. With my LX (or whatever) I think around all the highlights, lowlights, grey scales and such and meter accordingly. With the K10D I check the aperture and shutter speed and ASA (enough DOF, fast enough for camera shake, low as I can get away wit...
Posted by womble on 19/12/2008 - 16:24
Problem on silkypix website ??
I tried accessing the forum again today from the isl jp website and got this message ..... "The Forum has been temporarily closed. Updates are being made. We will be back soon..." hopefully they will fix the problems they have been having when entering via shortcutinc's website
Posted by bladerunneruk on 09/01/2009 - 13:56
Need help for Newbie
Hello All first of all a thank you for letting me read your forum. Wish everyone a happy holiday season. Have a Pentax *ist DS and took some pictures and the camera is acting up on me. When you push the button it takes a long time to focus and then even if it did it is not clicking to take the ...
Posted by ray6591 on 22/12/2008 - 13:47
Need help for Newbie
Hi Ray, welcome over here. When you have the time could you please fill in your location? So it is shown under your avatar? Now to your problem. Have you tried the next things first. 1# set af mode to af-s (single) 2# set focus point to central af only. 3# before releasing the shutter watch t...
Posted by Malo1961 on 22/12/2008 - 14:03
Need help for Newbie
Thanks Martin, Will check the settings. What is exif? Thanks Ray Hi Ray, welcome over here. When you have the time could you please fill in your location? So it is shown under your avatar? Now to your problem. Have you tried the next things first. 1# set af mode to af-s (single) 2#...
Posted by ray6591 on 22/12/2008 - 14:50
black spots in viewfinder
If you have the tweezers to remove the screen then just pop it out and clean, you can buy the screens and they come with tweezers and instructions. I always use a white cotton glove if I clean mine, stops salty finger marks getting back on the screen before fitting.8)8)
Posted by ttk on 28/12/2008 - 16:33
black spots in viewfinder
Just leave the dust if it's just a couple of specks that aren't too distracting. They do not appear on your photographs. Otherwise you can have a go at blowing or brushing it off. A statically charged soft brush can be helpful. Wiping the screen with a cloth may scratch or mark it as it is made o...
Posted by iceblinker on 28/12/2008 - 17:08
black spots in viewfinder
Is nothing simple these days? Have been researching a possible replacement screen. Doing macro, a split image screen seemed to be the way to go but then discovered that this screen will upset the auto ability of auto focus lens. In simple terms, why is this so? Looks like I shall be forced to us...
Posted by rhayles on 28/12/2008 - 20:16
black spots in viewfinder
Do I understand that so long as I avoid spot metering, the split screen will not interfere with auto focus. I was reading on one site where they were putting in shims under the focus screen to make adjustments. I understood that this was to do with focusing. I obviously got it wrong They did ment...
Posted by rhayles on 28/12/2008 - 21:56
pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn
This weekend I went to a fancy dress party held in a former church. After taking some potraits with the K20d. I went to the first floor on the balcony and started shooting images of partygoers on the groundfloor. I dont know why but my camera was in TV mode, the metering mode was on spot mode which ...
Posted by JoeHarryJames on 30/12/2008 - 21:55
pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn
Not sure if I'm on the right track here, but here goes: 1. I think you are zooming in on the picture when viewing it in photoshop & not actually editing the image. If you want the image to be like what you see on screen when zooming then you need to crop the image (search google for cropping with...
Posted by RR on 30/12/2008 - 22:16
pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn
Not sure if I'm on the right track here, but here goes: 1. I think you are zooming in on the picture when viewing it in photoshop & not actually editing the image. If you want the image to be like what you see on screen when zooming then you need to crop the image (search google for cropping with...
Posted by JoeHarryJames on 30/12/2008 - 23:49
pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn
can you explain what you mean by this joe, (quote) I guess I will have to crop that person out cos it will make an unsightly picture having the portrait subject in focus and the person next to her out of focus. Hopefully I can learn not to be reliant on spot metering when two people are in the f...
Posted by scottthehat on 30/12/2008 - 23:55
pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn
some of the potraits came out slightly out of focus because they were adjacent to the subject of the potrait. what can I do in Photoshop to unfocus those images ? If you print it on a small size you can get away with quite alot you know :wink: if it's only slightly unfocused, copy the photo into an...
Posted by Anvh on 31/12/2008 - 00:10
